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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-18
HURTING THEMSELVES.

When will workingmen acquire
enough good, common sense to keep
them from biting off their noses to spite
their faces? A telegram from Chicago
says there are 1900 idle men in that
city as result of strikes. and that the
number is daily increasing. By the end
of the week fully twice as many men
will be QUE of work, three-fourths of
them idle through no fault of their own
and against their individual wishes in
the matter. We believe this strike
origina ted with the hod-carriers, who
asked slight increase of pay. When
the hod-carriers quit work, the masons
had to stop, and then the carpenters,
joiners, painters, GLACIERS, brickmakers,
trades. The men will lose more in two
weeks loa6ng than the increase OF
wages demanded would amount to in a
year, and yet they will be mulish and
unreasonable with themselves, bringing
want and suffering to their families,
and finally will have to accept the
terms of the employers. A yielding
now on the part of the latter would be
only temporary, aud would avail the
workmen nothing.
A telegram from Haverhill, Mass, on
Tuesday, says that misunderstanding
between the Knights of Labor and the
shoe manufacturers has resulted in the
closing of forty establishments ana
the throwing of $500 men out
of employment. In all probable
ity the dispute is over some
tri1ing matter, the granting or denial
of which would affect neither party
materially. But it may be set down as
a fact that the men cannot afford to
lose one days wages, and that every
day they are without work the distress
of themselves and their families will in.
crease.
The trades union or organized labor
principle is excellent in theory, but
abominable in practice. Its aim and
purpose are 10 aid the worklngman and
protect him from the expressions of the
employer; but its effect is to Cypress,
distress and deprive the workingman.
This is illustrated in every strike. 1t is
very plainly shown in the Chicago |
strike now on, where majority of 1000
have already deprived 1900 of the
right and the means of earning 9 living,
and are likely to impose upon $4,000
a direct loss of a quarter
IF million dollars. There are evils
md expressions where the laborer
stands alone and is independent of
lnion orders and dictation, but those
wills are not so great as under the sys-
enl of organized labor as now manip.
Hated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-18
CAKES AMES.

A new. York broker who was CUES
toned by the government board in
quiring into the affairs of the Pacific
railroads, on Tuesday, had good word
to say for Cakes Ames, whom he charac.
terized as an honorable man. It. is so
unusual for a man to speak well of
Ames that one is somewhat astonish ed
when there is departure from the
rule. Not one in thousand of the
pack which has been barking at the
heels and memory of Cakes Ames can
put his finger on single wrong act or
dishonest deed by that old man;
one in ten thousand knows aught that
Ames did. There is popular idea that
the Credit Mobilier was a crooked con-
Germ, but how many men who have
denounced it so intensely can tell any,
thing about the Credit Mobilier, what if
was, or what it did ? Ames' name and the
Credit Mobilier are used SYNONYM =
ously by thousands, and vet these
same thousands cannot tell why thew
make the association, nor what there
was wrong in Ames or the Credit
Mobilier. As a matter of fact Oakes
Ames was most cruelty sinned against.
His sins, in comparison to his virtues
were as the mole-hill to the mountain
The people of the. great west, or those
of them who are familiar with the
labors and achievements of Cakes
Ames, know that he was great man.
and that he was not bad man. He was
the man for the times and for the
mighty work in hand. Instead of
berating him and blackening his mem
ory, the American nation should honor
him as one of its great ones, and his
name should stand high on the list of
those who have served their country
for good and not for evil. THE HER.1n
is always pleased when it hears a man
say good word for the financial giant
and master mind who did so much far
Utah and the great interior west, as did
Cakes Ames when he built the Union
Pacific Railway In the face of obstacles
which would have appalled, smaller
men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-18
CarbOlic Smoke Ball
TRADE MARK.

This remarkable remedy-Carbolic Smoke
States with the most gratifying results. 1t
acts as disinfectant upon all the mucous
membrane where the air cells exist, healing
them up in short time 1t has cured in
nearly every case the most severe forms of
0.tarrh, Asthma. Hay Fever,
Bronchitis, Neuralgia, Headache. Croup
Sore Throat, Eyes and Deafness No house
hold should be without this infallibie
remedy.
Smoke Ball sent by mail. with full dirac-
tons. on receipt of price (s3) and four cents
in postage stamps. y
OFFICE: 81 e FIRST SOUTH STR
R. F. COLEMAN, General Agent
Agents wanted. mv-e
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-18

We WOULD like to learn upon what
array of figures our morning contem-
porary can assume that the Liberia s
will carry the Ninth, Tenth and Twelfth
Representative Districts, and the Fifth
and Seventh Council Districts. Why
doesn't the organ claim the world, and
assume fighting chance for the uni
verse?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-18

THAT IT is worth while to raise good
breeds of horses. and to develop al the
good there is in horse. has just been
demonstrated in the refusal by the
owner of Bendigo of 100000 for that
racer. Blood tells in horse.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-18
Bed-BuRs. Flies

Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, water
bugs, moths, rats, mice. sparrows. lack
aoDlts, -gophers. chipmunks, cleared
'ut by Rough on Rats" 15c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-18

GROUP, WHOOPING COUGH and
Honcnils Immediately. relieved bV
Shlloh's Cure. Sold by A. C. Smith i
Co., druggists. "
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05

The Republican Party Want to Get Ria
OF Blaine, But Don't Know Exactly
How to Do It.
1t looks as if the Republican party
would like very much to have some
body help it let go of MIR. Blaine. In
1884, it was sure he was the greatest
man of any age or country. 1t COM
pared him with Washington, Lincoln,
Socrates. Plato, and even the Apostle
Paul; and in each case the other sub
ject of the comparison came out sec
Ond best.
But defeat had a somewhat olsen
chanting effect. The charm was
cracked if not broken. 1t seems now to
be broken. One after another the most
devoted Blainiacs are seeking some
new love- Awhile ago the favorite
seemed to be Allison. Now it is Sher-
man. It is even said that Whitelaw
Reid has written letter declaring that
Blaine must be intellectually ADAM
doned, and Sherman intellectually
taken up. The story is confirmed
Sherman is just the man-for the
nomination. He is rich, like Blaine,
and like Blaine personally interested in
several of the great corporations which
seek Government favoritism. He is not
magnetic" but he has even more of
the magnetic metals than Blaine, and
for campaign purposes he has them
better invested. He can ''work" sew
eral of his enterprises in his own inter-
est. He may not be generous with his
cash, but so determined a candidate
with such a big barrel ought to think
nothing of million or so. There are
various channels where it would help
to keep him from being deadhead in
in the enterprise.
The party is going to need barrel
candidate worse than it ever has. 1t
has lost the United States Treasury,
lost the Pension Department., lost the
post-offices and lost the bloody shirt.
Hence the need of a barrel.
They are very anxious to get in
again, however, and not scrupulous as
to the methods. They will throw
Blaine overheard, if necessary. Wheth-
er he and his friends will throw them
overheard remains to be tested. 1t is
predicted that he will make it mutual.
and very cordial. There are still
enough Blaine men to make it ~ather
drizzly for any other candidate. They
think Blaine is far the strongest candi-
date, and they will ut best have little
heart in the campaign of rival.
Still the party as IL whole would like
to shake him. 1t hardly knows how.
and goes about it with visible awk-
wardness. But it may succeed, and at
any rate it will have very interesting
time trying. There is little more
than year to do it in. If 'twere done
when It's done 'twere we'll 'twere done
quickly. Otherwise the Chicago scenes
of 1880 are likely to be repeated
MOi71eS Leader
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05
A "Barrel" Campaign Promised.

An Ohio man, an ex-revenue co..
lector. has given a Washington paper
his figures on the desirability of the
nomination of Senator Sherman for the
Presidency. They have certain in
terest. He names first the National
banks. about $500 in number. with
about $3.50. 100000 capital. which are
declared to be so much in the Senator
favor as to stand an assessment of one
quarter of one per cent to elect him.
This would bring nearly 5000, 900.
Then there are the great railroads,
which are represented to be every fa-
vorably disposed" Finally. there is
the personal fortune of the Senator
himself, which no one is supposed to
know, but which this admirer figures
out to be such as to bring an income of
$40, 600 a month. As piece of strictly
financial guess work, this is not only
admirable, but suggestive, presenting
the prospect of ''barrer' campaign in
a manner most seductive to the work
ers. With such showing as this for
Senator Sherman, it behooves Mr..
Blaine to permit some of his arithmetic
men to figure on his possessions and
his financial alliances.-Boston Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05
Church Membership.

There are in the United States g.
832, 954 Roman Catholics, SO, 722 Greek,
Armenian and Byzantine Catholics. 49,
265 Jews, 275,O00 pagans, 14,6O7, 764
Protestants, 27,439, 814 different creeds
not stated and infidels. OF the Protes-
tants, $685. are Baptists, 5,943, S75
Methodists, 551, 699 Episcopalians. 49,
GIG CongregatiOnalists, 1,006, 437
Presbyterians, 81, 769 Adventists, $780,
987 Lutherans, 243,S25 Dutch Re-
formed. OF the different creeds not
stated and infidels 1905 are Nor
mons, $4,000 Quakers, 800, 900 Univer-
salists, As, 900 Unitarians, 80, 900 Men
nonites. 1928 Moravians, 1000 New
Jerusalemites, 700 Schwenfeldians, l.
500, 900 Spiritualists. 10000 Shakers, l.
600, 900 atheists, 100000 600 infidels.
The balance of Is, 233, 349 under this
head may be accounted for as follows:
Adherents and families of Roman
Catholics, 1000, 600; the same of Pro-
testants. 100000, and of unspecified
creeds, 3, 233. 347.-The StGttSttctGn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05
Not Very Disastrous


Next to the sectional issue in 1884
the Republican orators and organs
pinned their faith in success to the ar
gument that the Democratic victory
would bring hard times. They had
nothing to say about the kind of times
that Republican Administration had
drought; but they bawled vociferously
in the public ear their predictions of
the ruin that would follow Cleveland's
election. Some of the dimensions of
this s.ruin" have just been ascertained
through inquiries made by Bradstreet's
.as to the condition of the work and
wages. AS a result of these inquiries
Bradstreet's states that "there are at
least 400, 900 more Industrial employees
at work than in 1885. and that wages
have, on the whole, together with full
time how, as against reduced hours of
labor then. brought the receipts OF la
rbor generally to the level of 18sl-S2.
In some instances they have been ad-
yanc.,d still higher"
Tx. following table from the same
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05
HOUSES FOR POULTRY.

The Necessity of Guarding Against Damp
Floors and Crowded Quarters.
In building poultry houses of course
the first thing to be done is to select a
location, and this is indeed very inn
portant part of the work, as a great
deal depends on it afterwards.
The principal part to observe, in Sc
lccting the spot, is to have it dry and
well drained. so that there will never
be any standing water near the house
or yards, or dampness of any kind, as
this is very disastrous to the health OF
the fowls.
A damp floor in the hen house is the
prime cause of the very disagreeable
disease of roup, which, being conta-
gious, is very hard to break up and sue
cessfully eradicate after it once gets n
firm start and is we'll established i'll the
flock.
None of the common breeds of fowls
are fond of water or the application OF
any thing damp to their skin, and they
generally avoid moisture as much as
they possibly can. The best location
for their house is a well-drained sandy
spot. This is, however, sometimes i'm
possible to obtain, and in such cases
the breeder should elevate the spot
where the house is to be built, by filling
in with sand or sandy soil, which can
generally be obtained with but very lit
tie trouble.
This artificial draining should always
be practiced by breeders who have but
little choice of selection, but have to
take what they have on account OF
small quarters, and are tied down to the
space Immediately adjacent to their
dwellings. By thus elevating the spot
the quarters will be made healthy for
the fowls, and the difference in the re-
suits will amply pay for the extra trou-
BILE occasioned.
Crowding the fowls in quarters that
are too small for them also has ten
dency to the same disorders that are
caused by dampness, as they generally
go together. The breeder should at
tend to this carefully, for there is moth
ing more conducive 30 disease and gen.
eral disorder among fowls than the
damp quarters in which they are COM
PEELED to pass their time, and of course
without good health they can never be
made profitable and desirable to keep
-F'GySn, Field and St0cknGn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05

It may be expedient to prohibit
American vessels from going into Ca
madam ports for any purpose whatever.
except for shelter in stress of weather.
To limit the operation of the act to
new measure of protection to par
ticular trade would be putting upon
the consumers of fish the entire burden
and cost of the difficulty. 1t is graft
flying to know that President Cleveland
does not take SO low view of his pub
lie duties. and that he will not assent
in advance to such an act of injustice.
Indeed, his letter may be construed as
promise that when he does act he
will contrive that the burden and cost
shall be fairly distributed. and that no
class or section shall get the advantage
OF any other class or section by reason
of what is at best serious public mis-
fOrtune.-N. Y Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05
Good Table-TaIkers.

Men who can talk we'll and pleas
antly at table, and especially those who
can speak and understand French, are
getting to be more and more in de-
mand in society here. The two best
table takers of late years were Charles
Sumner and Caleb Gushing, each of
whom possessed a fund of anecdote.
ready wit and many souvenirs of
travel. Mr.. Summer. vigorous, and at
times almost arrogant, was the AjaX of
table-talk, while Mr.. Cushing was the
ULYSSES, S~btle and insinuating, and
arraying his :tatements in all the per-
suasive guises of attractive rhetoric.
Mr.. Sumner was a man of profound
political convictions, whose very table
talk bore the evidence of thoughtful
ness, learning and vigor; while that of
Mr.. Cushing, on new lights in politics.
new faces in society and new condi-
tons of public affairs had force, al
though in opposition to views which he
had previously expressed, but to which
he did not cling. His geniality, his in
variable good humor and the results of
his study and experience enriched his
delightful Washington
Cor. At6c-sJ Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05
sEsIoRlNa FERTILITY.
The Economical Method Successfully Pras-
ticed by an Ohio Farmer.

tfced by an Ohio Farmer.
A few years ago / came into posses
zion of a piece of land that was shame
fully srun down." as it had lost its
fertility to such degree that the year
before 1 got it field sown to oats
(which made a very small CROP did
not have strength enough after the oats
were cut to make any growth, even of
..rag-weed," and the ground was as
ba -e as the road, except for the small
oat stumble.
We had a very limited supply Of
manure, and were too remote to haul
from the village, so we had to do the
best we could, occasionally gathering
up load; and in the absence of that
we used dissolved South Carolina rock,
which made some crops, but as the soil
was lacking in humus it did not do as
much good as it otherwise would, ard
gave us no satisfactory crops until, in
the fall of 1884, had the lot in straw
berries and was building barn. In
cleaning up around the old one found
a few sled-loads of old, rotten manure,
which I hauled and >pread over the
patch of strawLerries-just a light
sprinkle. omitted to state how had
fertilized the ground for the berries.
gave it dressing of dissolved South
Carolina rock. about two hundred
pounds per acre, and about as much
kainit, which gave me a pretty good
growth of plants.
The sequel proved that there was a
good supply of clover seed in the ma
nure. and it came up the next season.
After the fruit was picked, it grew SO
luxuriantly that we gave up the patch
clover meadow. I never saw better
We cut two crops from it, and in the
absence of knowledge of its weight,
will say we fed three horses, fall, win
ter and spring-all from about an acre.
1t excelled any thing ever saw.
Now the little sprinkle of manure
spread out with the clover seed coul.i
not have produced such results.
I have on several occasions found
very satisfactory results from the use
of this dissolved rock. and think the
kainit was also very beneficial.
In the spring of 1885 had piece of
81 acres for corn and could not get
stable manure. 1t had been cropped
with wheat four years in succession.
previous to my getting it, without any
assistance in the way of fertilizer, so
that spring L put 400 pounds per acre
of dissolved rock and planted to corn.
and raised so bushels per acre of shelled
corn. A part of it had to go to corn
again in 1886, and it gave better crop
than in 1885, and it ripened up so
nicely that it was pleasure to take
care of it.
. Now have come to the conclusion that
this dissolved rock is good and mex
pensive fertilizer to supplement the
supply of stable manure. l am also
we'll pleased with the result of kainit.
as far as my experience with it goes
ohio Cor. Country Gentleman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05
Hon. Nv. Is. Chandler (nerha,

Hon. w. E. Chandler (perhaps
better known as Old Bill Chandler),
says that the Republicans will study
the situation very carefully before they
commit the party to the chances of
another defeat When the situation
means choice between Blaine and
Sherman, the demand for careful study
is as evident as the chances for defeat.
1t takes a veteran seaman of Mr.
Chambers sweep of the horizon to
size up the difference between hawk
and henshaw at long range-St
Louis Republican,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05
The idea of the ..transfer pictures,

The idea of the ''transfer pictures,
painted in glaring color and designed
for children, which they can transfer
to their copy books or other objects by
simply moistening the picture of the
object, has been adopted by German
for labelling bottles, and is likely to be a
great success The label is impressed
on the bottle in generous colors, and a
coat of varnish keeps it there, which
is considerable improvement on the
old gum label system. The simplicity
of the process recommends it for very
wide Chicago Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05

Apple Bread.-There is nothing
more delicious than warm apple bread,
eaten with fresh butter. Make the
bread the same as for steamed brown
bread. When the bread is mixed
ready to cook. add sliced sweet apples
until the mixture is thick with them.
Steam from three to four hours; then
bake thirty minutes in oven of moder-
ate heat.-Mother's Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05

The editor of the Muddy Forks
BsgIe says: 1T is our intention to make
the BrtgLe the great literary and polit-
zeal journal of the whole West, which we
can not do as long as we have to print
our paper on hand presa turned by
Dul wife. as we do now"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05

-tSmall fiocks and small herds pay
best is what one now hears on every
side. Do not undertake more than can
be we'll done.-Drocers' Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05

Mr.. Symons insisted strongly on
giving stock daily exercise in sheltered
barn-yards and his views obtained gen.
eral concurrence.-Rura CanddiGsa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05

The Republican Party Want to Get Ria
OF Blaine, But Don't Know Exactly
How to Do 1t.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05
source gives someyery interesting conss
parison as to the changes in sundry in
dustrieS since 1882:
TRYING TO LET GO.

Detroit Free Press.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-08
Through A Bridge.

As a west bound freight train un-
dertOOk to cross East PiuOak bridge,
two miles east of Holden, yesterday
at l2:45, it found Il rail up. The loco
motive went over all right, but freight
car broke through the bridge and
two more ears went in on top of the
first one. The accident was caused
by the section men having the rail up
making repairs. They hal a danger
flag out, which was not seen by the
train men-hence the accident
No one was hurt. The day ex-
press arriving here from st. Louis at
3:45 went by Lexington to Kansas
City. The bridge will be repaired
this morning and trains crossing as
usual.